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Latinas left workforce at highest rate, see slow recovery

PHOENIX (AP) — Teresa Marez spent 14 years building a strong clientele base as a hair stylist in San Antonio. When her son, who is autistic, had to switch to virtual learning because of the pandemic, she quit her job to help him. It’s been 10 months, and the clients are all gone. Marez is one of many Latinas who have been out of work since last year. Latinas have left the workforce at rates higher than any other demographic and have had some of the highest unemployment rates throughout the pandemic, according to a report by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative, a ...

Want a job? Employers say: Talk to the computer

A day after her interview for a part-time job at Target last year, Dana Anthony got an email informing her she didn’t make the cut. Anthony didn’t know why — a situation common to most job seekers at one point or another. But she also had no sense at all of how the interview had gone, ...

Salvation Army offers vaccines

BELLAIRE — Staff from the Belmont County Health Department administered COVID-19 vaccinations and answered questions as part of another round of riverside clinics Wednesday. Health department maternal child health staffer Jessica Thomas and nurse Carleigh Jeffers said they administered nine vaccinations at the Salvation Army in Bellaire. “We’ve been pretty steady here. We had a rush,” Thomas said, noting the shots given were mainly second doses. The Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna versions of the vaccine each require two injections about 28 days apart. The Johnson & Johnson ...

Local townships looking for county’s support for federal funding opportunities

WOODSFIELD -- Monroe County townships are hoping for the county’s support of their attempts to obtain federal coronavirus relief funding. While counties throughout the state each were awarded millions of dollars in American Rescue Plan funding -- money that is meant to offset lost revenue and aid with infrastructure improvements -- many villages and most townships were not included in the distribution. Dale Dietrich, a Vinton Township trustee and president of the Monroe County Township Association, met with county Commissioners Mick Schumcher and Diane Burkhart on Monday to ask for ...

US COVID-19 deaths hit 600,000, equal to yearly cancer toll

The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 topped 600,000 on Tuesday, even as the vaccination drive has drastically brought down daily cases and fatalities and allowed the country to emerge from the gloom and look forward to summer. The number of lives lost, as recorded by Johns Hopkins University, is ...

Health board: More seniors 80 and up in need of vaccination

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The percentage of unvaccinated Belmont County residents -- particularly those in the COVID-19-vulnerable demographic of 80 years old and older -- was a topic of concern for the Belmont County Health Board during its Monday meeting. Deputy Health Commissioner Robert Sproul said according to reports from the state, 32.15 percent of Belmont County residents are vaccinated; statewide the percentage is 46.64. Board member Irene Louda pointed out demographic statistics, noting a high proportion of seniors have opted for vaccination, but the percentage drops among those ...